Big Government such a good thing now?

[DaveofCali]

Republicans and Centrist Democrats seem to be on a relentless campaign to ruin and destroy the image of the FDR-esque Federal Government being able to help and fulfill the needs of its citizens and play a highly positive role in life of everyday Americans. They seem to want to show just how damaging "big government" can be so people will only ask for less government, or basically be against "big government", by giving a bad example and make everyone think of those bad examples when they think of "big government" (similar to people thinking of Stalin and other ruthless Communist Dictators when they think of Socialism.) Seems to me that they are succeeding and how can one ask for more government when Washington Lawmakers make sure that government will be incompetent and be overbearing where it shouldn't be? Of course, this is all to ask us to go from the coals into the fire, so we will basically be vulnerable to allowing a total corporate takeover of the country. But then, is there any way out of this?

[notesdev]

1. You tell me

You think the DHS is giving people a good impression of big government?

[littlewolf]

2. it would seem that this past Nov the voters said this is what they

wanted ... they soundly rejected FDR style big gov.
how many house seats switched ... how many gov mansions switched ...
how many state house switched .... people seem to reject big gov.
just saying ...

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Yes. Republicans want "Smaller Government"

So small they can fit a Trillion Dollar Aircraft Carrier Into A Woman's Uterus.